Copper alloy 4 shilling 9 pence of George III, Great Britain (Mexico City), 1792. 1991.78.217

Weight (in gr.): 30.032
Diameter (in mm): 40

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/1991.78.217

Obverse: CAROLUS.IIII.DEI.GRATIA and date - Bust of Charles IV facing right

Reverse: HISPAN. ET IND. REX. Mo. 8 R. F. M. - crowned arms of Spain between pillars

Object Type: F
Date Range: 1760 - 1820
Date on Object
- Date: 1792
Denomination: 4 shilling 9 pence
Material: Copper alloy
Authority
- Dynasty: Great Britain--England--Hanover
- Authority: George III
Geographic
- Mint: Mexico City
- Region: British Isles
- Region: Mexico
- Locality: Great Britain

electrotype, probably of British 19th century manufacture, of a contemporary counterfeit; a similar electrotype of a coin now lost (a French ecu) is in the Manville collection in the British Museum